#CCD3BE
Light Sage · very light cool green
About #CCD3BE
#CCD3BE is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 83% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 3% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 17% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Light Sage (ΔE 5.1); Oat comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C5BED3 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #CCD3BE for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.63:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #CCD3BE
WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.
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How #CCD3BE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #CCD3BE?
#CCD3BE is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 83% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 3% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 17% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #CCD3BE?
Use black text. Black on #CCD3BE has a contrast ratio of 13.63:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #CCD3BE?
Its complementary colour is #C5BED3, and analogous partners are #D3CFBE and #C2D3BE.